Analytic Philosophy: An Interpretive Historyexplores the ways interpretation (of key figures, factions, texts, etc.) shaped the analytic tradition, from Frege to Dummet. It offers readers 17 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international cast of leading scholars. Some chapters are devoted to large, thematic issues like the relationship between analytic philosophy and other philosophical traditions such as British Idealism and phenomenology, while other chapters are tied to more fine-grained topics or to individual philosophers, like Moore and Russell on philosophical method or the history of interpretations of Wittgensteins Tractatus. Throughout, the focus is on interpretations that are crucial to the origin, development, and persistence of the analytic tradition. The result is a more fully formed and philosophically satisfying portrait of analytic philosophy.
Chapter 1:Editors Introduction- Aaron Preston
Chapter 2: Idealism and the Origins of Analytic Philosophy: Moore interprets Kant and Bradley Peter Hylton
Chapter 3:The Changing Role of Language in Analytic Philosophy - Scott Soames
Chapter 4:Russell, Ryle and Phenomenology: An Alternative Parsing of the Ways - James Chase and Jack Reynolds
Chapter 5: Some Main Problems of Moore Interpretation - Consuelo Preti
Chapter 6:How Interpretations of Russell on Logic and Philosophical Method Have Affected Analytic Philosophys Self-Understanding - Rosalind Carey
Chapter 7:Analyzing Wittgensteins Tractatus - Anat Biletzki
Chapter 8: The Later Wittgenstein - Duncan Richter